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ISIS : an introduction and guide to the Islamic State / Brian L. Steed.
Van Pelt Library HV6433.I722 I8576 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steed, Brian L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- IS (Organization).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 197 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]
- Contents:
- What's in a Name?: IS, ISIS, ISIL, Da'ash 5
- What Is ISIS? 9
- Leaders of ISIS 13
- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 13
- Abu Ayyub al-Masri 16
- Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi 16
- Abu Bakr al-Quraishi al-Baghdadi 17
- The History and Operations of ISIS: Iraq to Syria to Iraq Again 21
- Phase 1: Operating in al-Qaeda's Shadow 21
- Phase 2: A State Is Declared 24
- Phase 3: Arab Spring 25
- Phase 4: Building the State 27
- Phase 5: Declaring the State 29
- Phase 6: Defending the State 31
- Ideas behind ISIS 35
- Management of Savagery: Violence as a Tool 35
- Salafist Ideology 36
- Religious End-of-Days Interpretations 38
- Caliphate 39
- Slavery' 40
- Idolatry 40
- Enemies of ISIS 43
- U.S.-Led Coalition (Part of Operation Inherent Resolve) 43
- Syrian Regime 44
- Syrian Opposition 45
- Iraqi Regime 47
- Popular Mobilization Forces 48
- Tribes 49
- Kurdish Resistance 50
- Iran 51
- The Attraction of ISIS 53
- Recruiting 53
- Women in ISIS 55
- Financing ISIS 55
- Allegiance to ISIS: The Loyal Following 59
- Conservative Sunni Muslims 60
- Former Ba'athists and Former Iraqi Regime Members 60
- Sunni Nationalists 61
- Salafi-Jihadis 61
- Foreign Fighters 61
- Foreign Supporters 62
- Allies and Franchises 62
- ISIS and the Media 63
- Twitter 63
- Web Sites 64
- Video 64
- Magazine-Dabiq 64
- Taking Credit 65
- Violence for Media's Sake 65
- Life in the Islamic State 67
- Is ISIS a State? 71
- Reference Entries 73
- Abbasid Caliphate 73
- Al-Amiri, Hadi 74
- Al-Assad, Bashar Hafez 74
- Al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdullah al-Rashid 75
- Al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr 76
- Al-Maqdisi, Abu Muhammad 76
- Al-Masri, Abu Ayyub 77
- Al-Qaeda 77
- Al-Sham (Levant) 78
- Al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab 79
- Al-Zawahiri, Ay man 79
- Alawi (Alawite[sJ) 80
- Amir al-Mu'minin. (Prince of the Faithful) 81
- Arab 81
- Arab Spring 82
- Baghdad, Iraq S3
- Bay'ah (Oath of Allegiance) 84
- Bayji, Battle of 85
- Bin Laden, Osama 86
- Boko Haram 87
- Caliph 88
- Caliph, Rashidun 89
- Caliphate 92
- CENTCOM 93
- Crusades 94
- Dabiq, Battle of 96
- Dabiq Magazine 97
- Dajjal 99
- Deir al-Zour, Battle of 100
- Fallujah, Iraq 100
- Hadith 102
- Hijrah 103
- Hezbollah 104
- Islam 106
- Islam, Five Pillars 107
- Islamic Conquests (Seventh Century) 109
- Israel 111
- Jabhat al-Nusra 113
- Lihad 114
- Kharajites or Khawarij 116
- Kobane, Battle of 116
- Mahdi 117
- Mosul, Iraq 118
- Nasheed 119
- Omar, Mohammed 121
- Operation Desert Storm 123
- Operation Inherent Resolve 124
- Operation Iraqi Freedom 124
- Ottoman Empire 128
- Palmyra, Syria 128
- Quran 129
- Quraysh 130
- Ramadi, Battle of 131
- Raqqa, Syria 132
- Safavid Empire 132
- Sahwa (Sunni Uprising) 133
- Salafist 135
- Sharia 136
- Shia 137
- Soleimani, Qasem 138
- Sunni or ahl al-sunna 138
- The Surge 139
- Sykes-Picot Agreement 141
- Tikrit, Battle of 142
- Umayyad Caliphate 142
- Ummah 144
- Wahhabi 144
- Wilayah 145
- Yazidi 147.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781440849862
- 1440849862
- OCLC:
- 933272079
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